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December 2009
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568-09 Waterson Diesel
Waterson Diesel (568/09)Billboard advertising 'Wet and dry plant hire'
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Hardware/Machinery Outdoor 09/12/2009
October 2011
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0406-11 Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman staff advertise a 4 day sales event for stores located in Fyshwick, Woden and Goulburn and in one scene a female member of staff pops up out of a chest freezer she has been apparently hiding in.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Retail 26/10/2011
February 2007
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6-07 Symbion Consumer
Symbion Consumer - Betadine - young girl holding cat by its neck under her arm "This might hurt. The antiseptic won't"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Print 13/02/2007
February 2009
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64-09 Ultra Company
Ultra Company - 64/09 (TV) features an image of skeleton terrorist saying "silence I kill you"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 25/02/2009
October 2017
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0449-17 Lexus Australia
The ad was to sell cars
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 25/10/2017
November 2010
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0463-10 Key Factors
The item is a card size piece with company details on the front and a picture of what appears to be an old fashion bank robber with a stocking over his head , holding a Piggy Bank and a gun. This was a printed mail item delivered by Australia Post to registered business mail addresses and PO boxes only.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment Print 24/11/2010
April 2012
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0142-12 Big Night Recovery
An image of a man under the influence of alcohol, enjoying a night out with friends. The caption reads, “In 4 hours time he’ll be using a nail gun on a worksite” At the bottom right hand corner it says, "Thank God for...bignightrecovery.com.au" and there is an image of a bottle of Big Night Recovery tablets.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Print 11/04/2012
July 2019
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0228-19 The Palace
This TV Out of Home advertisement for a gentleman's club depicts three static images on rotation.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry TV - Out of Home 24/07/2019
0237-19 Brand Developers
This television advertisement is an infomercial for an infrared wall heater which aired in a breakfast program.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
September 2019
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0263-19 Sportsbet
The advertisement shows a woman, who is in a pageant, holding the new SportsBet iPhone app.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
January 2016
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0490-15 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
TV advert for new model of Toyota Landcruiser
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 20/01/2016
December 2016
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0494-16 Ubet Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling Internet 07/12/2016
November 2019
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0322-19 Universal Pictures
This television advertisement contains scenes from the film "Good Boys".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment TV - Free to Air 13/11/2019
May 2015
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0170-15 Bathroom Warehouse
It was advertising sales products and depicting a couple in a house with pictures to tell the story and then the male had done something wrong by not going to bathroom warehouse and so he then needed to go in.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 13/05/2015
November 2016
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0512-16 Unilever Australasia
The advertisement is for Paddle Pop Twirly Pop and was released on YouTube in August 2016. The advertisement has also been played on subscription television. The advertisement can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQQj_Q22xf0The advertisement is a 15 second film clip showing two young children playing on a beach who discover a treasure chest with a Paddle Pop Twirly Pop hovering inside. When one of the children tastes the Twirly Pop, an animated scene with the Paddle Pop lion appears.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Other 23/11/2016
March 2020
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0116-20 Coles
This YouTube advertisement depicts four plastic minature versions of food products available at Coles. The promotion is titled "Stikeez". Also depicted is a large plastic container to store them in.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Internet 25/03/2020
July 2009
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274-09 Yum Restaurants International
Yum Restaurants 274/09 - KFC truck driver not wearing a seat belt
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries 08/07/2009
278-09 Pharmacare Laboratories
Pharmacare 278/09 Brut TV robot gathering possessions including a doll that changes to a woman in a bikini
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Toiletries 08/07/2009
January 2018
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0573-17 Brand Collective
Large text saying "FUCK OFF".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Billboard 24/01/2018
May 2017
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0207-17 Motley Fool Australia
Email received via an email subscription with a title of "Shall I slit my wrists now". The email then goes on to talk about why the current share market is depressing, then asks the question in the body "Shall I Slit My Wrists Now?"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment Email 24/05/2017
April 2009
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111-09 Skins Compression Garments Pty Ltd
Skins - Pressure Garments Print ad - Defy Genetics
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Print 08/04/2009
September 2006
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323-06 Statewest Financial Services Ltd
Statewest Financial Services - revised 270/05 Home Bldg Society - cars screech to halt beside schoolkids at a pedestrian crossing
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment 12/09/2006
July 2014
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0266-14 Macket Bracket
Product website advertising free-standing form work brace for the construction industry.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Hardware/Machinery Internet 23/07/2014
0256-14 Knauf Insulation Ltd
It shows people receiving and then installing earthwool Insulation in their home.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 23/07/2014
May 2009
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170-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI 170/09 - Radio 2 minute men. women decide they need a new man.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Radio 14/05/2009
December 2007
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396-07 IAG Insurance
IAG - NRMA - idiots skylarking with shopping trolleys in nearly deserted carpark, as one careers towards a parked car, the car automatically moves out of the way, causing the boy riding in the trolley to smash against a brick wall
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance 11/12/2007
February 2008
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40-08 Buzzbee Toys
Buzzbee Toys - Steady Stream Water Warrior - boys spraying near computer equipment
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 13/02/2008
February 2017
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0046-17 Anytime Fitness
The message they were trying to get across was to get people back to the gym.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sport and Leisure SMS 08/02/2017
September 2012
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0376-12 Bendon Ltd
The Facebook page for Loveable Besties features an image of two female models wearing loveable underwear. They have their arms around each other and the accompanying text reads, "Take selfies with Besties to win weekly loveable prizes". Underneath are pictures submitted to the Facebook page of women with their besties. All images feature fully clothed adults and consist mainly of head shots. At the bottom of the page the conditions of entry are stated, one of which is that you need parental consent to enter the competition if you are under 18 years of age.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Internet - Social - Other 12/09/2012
November 2012
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0419-12 Natural Health Specialists
Two full colour A4 size brochures with text and pictures. Images included naked men and women. Advertising was for Sex magnet - magnetic chip.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Mail 14/11/2012
April 2017
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0117-17 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
The advertisement commences with a trolley containing Coco Pops at the checkout. The Coco Pops appear to ‘come to life’, forming a steering wheel which causes the trolley to travel through the supermarket to the milk aisle, whereby the Coco Pops come out of the box to form a ‘hand’ which puts milk into the trolley. The Coco Pops then steer the trolley back to the checkout where a woman puts both items onto the conveyer belt.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 12/04/2017
0146-17 Thendro Pty Ltd
The billboard advertised "get nailed" piercings with the illustration of a crucified hand.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Professional Services Poster 12/04/2017
April 2014
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0136-14 Witchery
The advertisement is a web video with a still video frame image of a young girl.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Internet 23/04/2014
April 2018
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0153-18 Goldfingers Mens Club
The posters are always featuring one or two girls in extremely explicit and sexually suggestive poses such as one where a girl was sitting topless with a guitar between her legs, legs spread wide open and her finger in her mouth in abbey suggestive way.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry Poster 11/04/2018
May 2016
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0175-16 Ultra Tune Australia
Add shows two women in a car that has broken down on a railway level crossing suggesting that if there car had been serviced by Ultratune this would not have happened.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive TV - Free to Air 11/05/2016
July 2020
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0205-20 Afends Clothing
This email advertisement features the heading 'wake and bake' and multiple images of women smoking.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Email 08/07/2020
February 2019
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0551-18 Alka Power
Web page with images and text promoting Alkalne Water.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Internet 06/02/2019
June 2013
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0201-13 Solahart
The advertisement begins with a female watching a sports program while her male counterpart is asleep on the lounge next to her and then the television goes off. A young boys voice is heard saying 'Sorry, Ma' at which point she gets up and hits the child with the magazine or newspaper she has in her hand to make him wake up and begin pedalling the bicycle that is wired to the television so her program will come back on. The advertisement then informs the viewer that they can avoid missing their programs by installing a Solar Hart system.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services 26/06/2013
June 2013
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0205-13 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
The theme of this ad shows a couple in a car speeding and driving aggressively along streets until they turn into the forecourt of a Hospital. The female is shown to be pregnant and the Male announces to the female that he did his best time ever.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle Internet 19/06/2013
July 2011
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0240-11 Unit
Advertisement on the side of a bus featuring a woman in a black bikini sat astride a bike.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Transport 13/07/2011
November 2007
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351-07 THQ Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
THQ - Juiced 2 - computer game - cars driving dangerously round women in silver bikinis
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 13/11/2007
October 2006
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398-06 Maxxium Australia Pty Ltd
Maxxium - Galliano - Stunt Guy - what would you do to be a Galliano Stunt Guy and get on TV - would you share an ice bath with your mates? Would you lick your car clean?" man forcing himself to kiss elderly wrinkled lady and cringing
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Alcohol 10/10/2006
September 2009
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411-09 Ian Jones Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd
Ian Jones Insurance Brokers 411/09 - Billboard with rear view of naked man with overwriting "Cover your ASSets"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance Outdoor 09/09/2009
August 2018
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0342-18 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Advertising sexual lubricant. 
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Toiletries TV - On Demand 08/08/2018
September 2015
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0346-15 Chemist Warehouse
The promotional material shows a man with his arm around a boy & in his other hand is a tobacco pipe. "Smell like a sir" suggests to me that smoking a pipe is 'sophisticated .
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Promotional Material 09/09/2015
August 2012
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0350-12 Advanced Medical Institute
Writing on the side of a car which reads, "Want Longer Lasting Sex. Call or SMS Oral Strip to 1800 511 511". The car is yellow and the writing is in bold red and black text.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Professional Services Transport 22/08/2012
February 2018
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0027-18 Ultra Tune Australia
A group of women dressed for a night out walk through a dark street in Melbourne only to find the tyre on their car is flat. They are confronted by a gang of men, one of them holding a baseball bat. One of the men smashes the car headlight with the bat after asking in a threatening voice if they have "car trouble". Then actor Jean-Claude Van Damme comes to their rescue.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive Internet - Social - Other 07/02/2018
September 2014
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0381-14 Hougoumont Hotel
Black and white side image of a woman standing on her point shoes, a small ship on her head, and a ball and chain attached near her rear. Black background. Hougoumont hotel in white letters, "Bring your ball and chain" in yellow. Square logo of the Hougoumont hotel on the top of the picture.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Bars/Clubs Billboard 24/09/2014
September 2016
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0400-16 Curtain Villa - Kalgoorlie
Radio advert which included family members arguing about buying curtains using frequent extremely inappropriate language, which although censored (very badly) was still highly offensive, and should not be allowed on radio at this time of day.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services Radio 28/09/2016
February 2009
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56-09 Adina Jewellers
Adina Jewellery - male with gift box at door is greeted with face slap female
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Other 11/02/2009

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